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described form, but too imperfect for characterization. Mr. Wool- 
man writes me that the locality from which these specimens were 
obtained has yielded upward of sixty species of Molluscan remains, 
which is rather more than that obtained from any one locality 
within the State, from this bed, so far as I know. 
DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF CYPREA. 
BY JOHN FORD. 
In the description of Cyprea cruenta Gmel. var. Greegori Ford, 
published in the Nautixus for Feb., 1893, it was suggested that most 
conchological students would probaby have made Geegori a species 
instead of a variety. It may at once be said that the writer of that 
description is now fully convinced of the specific distinction of the 
latter, and has therefore decided to alter the name from C. cruenta 
Greegori Ford to C. Greegori Ford. Under the circumstances such a 
change will doubtless meet with some opposition. Nevertheless, I 
have no hesitation in making it, inasmuch as my conclusions are 
chiefly based upon the careful study of some fifty specimens secured 
by me since the description referred to was written. 
These are of various sizes and stages of growth, yet all of them 
can be readily separated from any other species belonging to the 
genus, though in exceptional instances the heavy callus on the sides 
and ends is creamy white and the typical blotches scarcely discern- 
able. The larger portion of my former description may be profit- 
ably retained, but as it is desirable to make a few additions it is 
reproduced here with these included. 
